radicalducati Chapter 96 is all you need to do!
Chapter 96 is all you need to do!
Wei Yan's words drew the attention of everyone in the conference room.
"A nest?" Xue Wu frowned and asked, "Manager Wei, what do you mean by 'nest'?"
Wei Yan pushed up his glasses and explained with a solemn expression, "Before the apocalypse, I read some books about the social behavior of insects."
Some insects, such as ants and bees, coordinate the actions of their entire colony through pheromones and a kind of collective consciousness.
Xiao Minghai said, "Isn't this somewhat similar to the Zerg race in a space game I played in college?"
Wei Yan nodded and continued, "If the insects the search team encountered also possess a similar mechanism, then it means..."
Wei Yan dared not continue speaking. If everything was as he suspected, it would be a nightmare for all the survivors in Chenghua District.
Seeing that Wei Yan was only halfway through his sentence, Xue Wu, who wasn't very knowledgeable about this, immediately pressed him, "Brother Wei, why don't you finish what you're saying?"
Wei Yan looked at Wang Xiao, unsure whether he should voice this conclusion.
Because once this news gets out, it will have a huge impact on the stability of the hotel.
The survivors gathered around the Peace Hotel because the area around it was temporarily safe enough.
However, if a huge threat appears in this seemingly stable and safe area that even the Peace Hotel cannot solve, most people's first thought will not be to fight it, but to run away.
After all, humans are creatures that tend to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.
Just then, Wang Xiao slowly said, "Everyone calm down. Wei Yan's meaning is actually very clear. This means that there is a very likely existence among these insects that is similar to an ant queen or a bee queen."
Upon learning that there was a high probability of a king among the swarm, the entire conference room fell silent.
Faced with this situation, Wang Xiao couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
The insects themselves are not very strong; the problem lies in their abilities.
Zombies without reason are the perfect targets for them to parasitize.
If it were in a remote suburb, the insects might not have spread particularly quickly.
The problem is that they arrived in the city.
And it's located near a densely populated urban area.
At this moment, a large number of zombies are gathering in the city, and these zombies will undoubtedly become nutrients for the rapid evolution of these insects.
The silence in the conference room lasted for a long time. Wang Xiao tapped his index finger lightly on the table, his gaze sweeping back and forth across everyone's faces.
Wang Xiao knew that he had to make a decision as soon as possible.
Otherwise, the survivors of the Peace Hotel and even the entire Chenghua District will face an inescapable catastrophe.
In some ways, it's wise to escape before the swarm expands.
But did he really have the option of running away?
Without the Peace Hotel, he wouldn't be able to earn points.
Considering the punishment imposed by the system during the last opening, Wang Xiao could easily predict what kind of punishment he would face after giving up the Peace Hotel.
What Wang Xiao found even more unacceptable than the system's punishment was that everything he had painstakingly built up was ultimately abandoned without any action being taken.
If he were the kind of person who would easily give up when things don't go his way, he wouldn't have stayed at that lousy company for several years.
At work, the more difficult the situation, the more it fueled Wang Xiao's fighting spirit.
This is why, although the supervisor in charge of the ditch liked to nitpick and show off his authority, he never went too far.
After all, someone has to do the tough stuff.
Since there was no option to give up from beginning to end, Wang Xiao was left with only one choice.
That's it, just get it done!
Having made up his mind, Wang Xiao looked at Wei Yan and broke the silence in the conference room: "Wei Yan, continue. State your speculation completely."
Wei Yan took a deep breath, pushed up his glasses, and said, "According to the descriptions of Captain Xiong and Liu Shan, this group of insects has already developed a certain collective action consciousness and can adapt to the environment and expand its territory in a short period of time, which makes me suspect that they have formed a preliminary 'nest' structure."
The existence of something like a queen ant or queen bee is probably just our most basic speculation about them.
The fear now is that they can learn from us…”
Xue Wu said in disbelief, "Insects can think? That seems highly unlikely."
Wei Yan explained, "Of course, it's not like the complex thinking of us humans."
To put it simply, each insect is a neuron in this group, and they share information and coordinate their actions in some way that we do not know.
This means that when we want to attack them, the entire swarm will react in a very short time.
Wang Xiao recalled the scene from last night when the insects suddenly retreated.
The whole process was like humanity receiving a unified command.
One of the security personnel couldn't help but ask, "So what do we do now? Are we going to abandon the hotel?"
As soon as he said that, everyone looked at him.
The security guard who had spoken realized he had said something inappropriate, immediately stood up, and hurriedly explained, "Boss, that's not what I meant..."
Wang Xiao frowned slightly, glanced at Xue Wu, and then slowly said, "Giving up when faced with danger is not my style, nor is it the style of the Peace Hotel."
If any of you joined the Peace Hotel for temporary safety, you can leave your resignation letters now and leave the hotel.
Otherwise, I don't want to hear anyone in the hotel constantly talking about giving up or running away, understand?
Everyone replied nervously, "Understood!"
After Wang Xiao made his stance clear by quoting the security department member, he stood up, walked to the map, drew a circle around the location of the power maintenance center with his finger, and said:
"Regardless of the final outcome, first we must figure out how fast these insects are expanding."
"Xiong Sanzhuang, roughly where were those doors you saw yesterday? How many were there? Can you remember?"
Even if the evacuation was rushed, it was only a day, and Xiong Sanzhuang could not possibly forget the situation so quickly.
After recalling for a while, Xiong Sanzhuang said, "At first there was only one door, on a street near the main building of the power maintenance center."
But when we later evacuated, we saw at least three new doors taking shape on other streets nearby.
Xue Wu stroked his chin and said, "If we count two hundred insects per door, there are at least eight hundred insects in the entire Chenghua District now. If they all find a host, the scale will be no less than the zombie horde we encountered at the hotel last time."
Liu Shan added, "Boss, those insects seem to be particularly sensitive to our scent. Even though we were being very careful when we were hiding in the hardware store, they still managed to find us."
Wang Xiao was not surprised by this, after all, the information extraction had already provided such information, but for others, this information was extremely crucial.
"This shows that their perception capabilities far exceed those of ordinary creatures." Wei Yan quickly jotted something down in his notebook. "If they track their prey through scent or some kind of bioelectrical signal, then our existing methods of concealment are useless against them."
Now that Wang Xiao has made his stance clear, the topic of discussion has gradually shifted to how to deal with this swarm of insects.
Time flew by during the discussion, and a morning passed. Based on the information they had gathered, the group began a comprehensive analysis of the swarm.
Finally, Wang Xiao gave the final battle plan to everyone.
Wang Xiao stood up and said, "Based on the current situation of our hotel, from now on, the defense level around the Peace Hotel will be raised to the highest level. All entrances and exits must be guarded 24 hours a day, and any abnormalities must be reported immediately."
Wei Yan, you will be responsible for contacting the Qin Group and other survivor forces in the surrounding area. We need to establish a temporary intelligence network with them to share all information about the insects and the "gate".
This mission is very important. Xiong Sanzhuang, you and the members of the search team will cooperate with Wei Yan.
Finally, regarding the arrangements for the fallen members of the search team, a unified burial is tentatively scheduled for tomorrow morning, and all hotel staff members must attend!
As soon as Wang Xiao finished issuing his latest orders, everyone stood up and replied, "Yes!"
"Meeting adjourned!"